M4.3 earthquake 19 km W of Balangiga, Philippines
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 19 km W of Balangiga, Philippines on Sun, Apr 30, 2023, 12:31 PM GMT+8 (04:31 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 13 km SSW of Silago, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-04-30 04:31:57 UTC
- Depth
- 101.2 km (62.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 11.125° N, 125.209° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 14.1 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.321 km NNE of Loreto, Philippines · 1254 days ago · 95 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.317 km E of Lalawigan, Philippines · 1251 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Leyte, Philippines · 1250 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.913 km SSW of Silago, Philippines · 1250 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 4.514 km WNW of Hinundayan, Philippines · 1237 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.620 km ENE of Lalawigan, Philippines · 1231 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.422 km NE of Hernani, Philippines · 1217 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k9q9. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:49 AM UTC.